US judge temporarily blocks Miss. abortion law

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Abortion opponents demonstrate outside Mississippi's only abortion clinic Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Jackson, Miss. The clinic's owner, Jackson Women's Health Organization, sued Wednesday in a federal lawsuit to stop a law that it says will effectively ban abortion in the state and endanger women's health by limiting access to the procedure. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

July 1, 2012 6:13:35 PM PDT

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - July 1, 2012 --

A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked enforcement of a Mississippi law that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state.